The three-dimensional network of the thylakoid membranes in plants: Quasihelical model of the granum-stroma assembly

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2552-2557

  Mustárdy, László ^a   Buttle, Karolyn ^b   Steinbach, Gábor ^a   Garab, Gyozo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 57749092892     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.059147     Document Type: Review

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